More than 400 affordable homes are eyed for San Jose retail property

SAN JOSE — Well over 400 affordable homes could sprout on a San Jose site now occupied by small retail buildings that would be bulldozed to clear the way for the housing, plans on file at City Hall show.

The 474-unit housing project is slated to consist solely of affordable apartments, according to a preliminary proposal on file with San Jose city planners.

The six-story development would be built on South Bascom Avenue near Interstate 280 and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the planning documents show.

This development plan is one of the latest affordable development proposals on file at San Jose City Hall.

Also in the works is a project that envisions the development of 780 affordable residences in the Alviso district of north San Jose on empty land near the Topgolf entertainment and sports venue.

As for the South Bascom Avenue site in San Jose, the name of a project developer wasn’t disclosed in the preliminary planning documents.

Three of the four parcels where the development might occur are owned by a trust headed up by John M. Filice Jr. of Gilroy, according to documents on file with the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office. One of the four parcels is owned by an entity that John Filice Jr. of Gilroy manages, the county files show.

The parcels have addresses of 1099, 1101, 1145, and 1155 South Bascom Avenue.

The proposed development is slated to include 191 parking spaces and 457 bike stalls, according to the project plans.

The project site at present includes a Round Table Pizza restaurant. The property also contains a building that once was occupied by Kelly-Moore Paints, a paint retailer that abruptly ceased operations in January 2024.

The property is zoned urban village and is located within the South Bascom Urban Village Plan.

The application indicated that the project’s developer would seek to apply provisions of the California density bonus law that would allow the developer to reduce or eliminate commercial requirements and waive design standards for the project.